Kasich supported previous government shutdowns

3:56 PM,
Oct. 9, 2013

Gov. John Kasich

Written by

Jack Torry
The Columbus Dispatch

Although Gov. John Kasich has called for an end to the current partial shutdown of the federal government, as a senior U.S. House Republican in 1995 he supported GOP threats to close the government during a budget impasse with President Bill Clinton.

After the first of two partial government shutdowns ended in November 1995, Public Broadcasting's Jim Lehrer asked Kasich if closing the government was "worth it?'' Kasich replied that "we were ...